CVE-2013-5229 — The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box

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The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box

Published Nov 14, 2015

3.7

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00335

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00335

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00335)	24.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00335)	25.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00077)	20.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	53.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	52.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00156)	50.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-254

References (4)

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/index.html
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034187
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/index.html		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034187		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Nov 14, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 15, 2013

Link CVE-2013-5229

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-5229

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2013-5229